Abstract
Environmental migration occurs when the environment adversely affects a person’s livelihood, resulting in migration as an outcome. Simply put, migration is linked to environmental stressors through livelihood issues. This chapter examines risk perception study, which is one of the best approaches to assess the association between livelihood issues and environmental stressors. The subjective appraisal of the environmental threats to their livelihood is the focal theme of risk perception study. The people of Sundarban have a moderately strong risk of environmental adversity in their activities, especially farming and fishing, whether they are migrants or non-migrants.
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Trash fish or rough fish are less desirable to the catchers in a region. Environmentalists suggest that the production of rough fish is increased due to climate change.
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Catch per Unit Effort (CPUE) refers to total amount of fish that are caught by a boat in kg./haul.
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Mistri, A., Das, B. (2020). Environmental Risk Perception and Migration. In: Environmental Change, Livelihood Issues and Migration. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8735-7_5
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